DHSS 2018: Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2018 Curtin University Perth, Australia, November 29-30, 2018 |
Conference website | https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/event/defence-human-sciences-symposium-2018 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dhss2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 28, 2018 |
Submission deadline | September 28, 2018 |
The Defence Human Sciences Symposium (DHSS) is the principal Australian forum for those interested in the application of human sciences research to enhance Defence capability.
The theme for this year’s symposium is "Minder, Mentor, Minion, Mate: Warfighter roles in Future Complex Systems". Defence has long recognised the capability advantage that teams provide over individual effort across the Defence domains (Land, Sea, Air, Joint). The study of human teams and the degree to which knowledge about human teams generalises to the opportunities and challenges presented by teams of human and non-human agents are therefore of critical importance.
Understanding the role and impact of humans and machines in systems and environments of the future will be an ongoing challenge and will have wide implications right across the soldier operational life cycle. The question of whether humans will serve as minders, mentors, minions or mates to non-human agents will affect how Defence goes about selecting and training individuals to work with non-human agents. It will also affect how Defence supports the human during operations (perhaps through investment in autonomous vehicles). The questions that will need to be answered will come from all areas of the human system and include, for example, what are the cognitive characteristics of humans when acting as a minder, mentor, minion or mate? What tailored training interventions are most effective for the different roles? How should information be displayed to the human team members that may come from remote platform? What nutritional supplements can be used to support extended physically and cognitively demanding operations? How can the whole human-machine system be configured to deliver significant effect? And what does resilience look like in the new paradigm of mixed human/non-human teams?
Authors are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words. All abstract submissions are to be UNCLASSIFIED. Where multiple authors are listed, the author who will give the presentation should be indicated by an asterisk. Abstracts are to include the following sub-headings: background, aim, method, results, and conclusions. For theoretical papers, concepts papers, and papers describing work ‘in progress’, authors may modify the sub-headings to suit their needs. The Abstract should be written in Times New Roman 11 point font and be single spaced. If references are used in the abstract, please use the following style: (Author & Writer, 1995) or Wordsmith and Scribbler (1991).
Background: describe the context for the work
Aim: purpose of work, hypotheses or research question(s)
Method: participants, data collection tools and techniques, analysis approach
Results: key outcomes
Conclusions: key implications
References: please use author surname and year in the text (e.g., Jones, 2001) and the reference-list styles below:
Author, G.W. & Writer, R.J. (1995). Science of the flying disc. Journal of Human Engineering, 111, 155-173.
Wordsmith, D.J. & Scribbler, R.A. (1991). Occupational Biomechanics. New York: Elsevier.
Abstracts should be submitted through Easychair. Please log in or create an account at the following website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dhss2018
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